Media regulator sues Apple over film rights
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APPLE is being sued by China’s media regulator over rights to an obscure patriotic film, a Beijing court said yesterday, in the latest legal battle for the US tech giant in one of its crucial overseas markets.
China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television claims that Apple has violated its exclusive online broadcast rights to the 1994 movie “Xuebo Dixiao” — whose title roughly translates to “Blood-Splatter our Strong Enemies” — by allowing viewers to access the film on the “Youku HD” app downloadable via the company’s online store.
SAPPRFT has filed suits against both Apple and the Chinese video streaming platform Youku, according to a statement posted on the official website of the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court, where the case has been received.
SAPPRFT believed the violation had cost the organization “huge economic losses,” the court statement said.
The little-known movie in question tells the tale of a young patriotic Chinese doctor who fights against Japanese occupying forces in the 1930s to open a hospital.
SAPPRFT has demanded that the two defendants immediately stop streaming the film, and together pay 50,000 yuan (US$7,525) in damages, as well as approximately US$3,000 in accrued legal fees, according to the court statement.
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